14-3-3η Autoantibodies : Diagnostic Use in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

OBJECTIVE: To describe the expression and diagnostic use of 14-3-3η autoantibodies in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

METHODS: 14-3-3η autoantibody levels were measured using an electrochemiluminescent multiplexed assay in 500 subjects (114 disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-naive patients with early RA, 135 with established RA, 55 healthy, 70 autoimmune, and 126 other non-RA arthropathy controls). 14-3-3η protein levels were determined in an earlier analysis. Two-tailed Student t tests and Mann-Whitney U tests compared differences among groups. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves were generated and diagnostic performance was estimated by area under the curve (AUC), as well as specificity, sensitivity, and likelihood ratios (LR) for optimal cutoffs.

RESULTS: Median serum 14-3-3η autoantibody concentrations were significantly higher (p < 0.0001) in patients with early RA (525 U/ml) when compared with healthy controls (235 U/ml), disease controls (274 U/ml), autoimmune disease controls (274 U/ml), patients with osteoarthritis (259 U/ml), and all controls (265 U/ml). ROC curve analysis comparing early RA with healthy controls demonstrated a significant (p < 0.0001) AUC of 0.90 (95% CI 0.85-0.95). At an optimal cutoff of ≥ 380 U/ml, the ROC curve yielded a sensitivity of 73%, a specificity of 91%, and a positive LR of 8.0. Adding 14-3-3η autoantibodies to 14-3-3η protein positivity enhanced the identification of patients with early RA from 59% to 90%; addition of 14-3-3η autoantibodies to anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and/or rheumatoid factor (RF) increased identification from 72% to 92%. Seventy-two percent of RF- and ACPA-seronegative patients were positive for 14-3-3η autoantibodies.

CONCLUSION: 14-3-3η autoantibodies, alone and in combination with the 14-3-3η protein, RF, and/or ACPA identified most patients with early RA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

The Journal of rheumatology - 42(2015), 9 vom: 23. Sept., Seite 1587-94

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Maksymowych, Walter P [VerfasserIn]
Boire, Gilles [VerfasserIn]
van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan [VerfasserIn]
Wichuk, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Turk, Samina [VerfasserIn]
Boers, Maarten [VerfasserIn]
Siminovitch, Katherine A [VerfasserIn]
Bykerk, Vivian [VerfasserIn]
Keystone, Ed [VerfasserIn]
Tak, Paul Peter [VerfasserIn]
van Kuijk, Arno W [VerfasserIn]
Landewé, Robert [VerfasserIn]
van der Heijde, Desiree [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Mairead [VerfasserIn]
Marotta, Anthony [VerfasserIn]

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14-3-3 PROTEINS
14-3-3 Proteins
AUTOANTIBODIES
Autoantibodies
Biomarkers
DIAGNOSIS
Journal Article
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.06.2016

Date Revised 02.09.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3899/jrheum.141385

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM250917645